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# <img src="https://github.com/esmBot/esmBot/raw/master/docs/assets/esmbot.png" width="128"> esmBot
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[](https://discord.gg/esmbot) 
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esmBot is a free and open-source Discord bot designed to entertain your server. It's made using [Oceanic ](https://oceanic.ws ) and comes with image, music, and utility commands out of the box.
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## Features
- Powerful, efficient, and performant image processing powered by [libvips ](https://github.com/libvips/libvips )
- Lots of image manipulation and processing commands out of the box
- Handling of output images larger than 8MB via a local web server
- Optional WebSocket/HTTP-based external image API with load balancing
- Music and sound playback from many different configurable sources via [Lavalink ](https://github.com/freyacodes/Lavalink )
- Server tags system for saving/retrieving content
- Low RAM and CPU usage when idle
- Support for slash/application commands and classic, prefix-based message commands
- Support for multiple database backends (PostgreSQL and SQLite backends included)
- [PM2 ](https://pm2.keymetrics.io )-based cluster/shard handling
- Flexible command handler allowing you to create new commands by adding script files
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## Usage
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You can invite the main instance of esmBot to your server using this link: https://esmbot.net/invite
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A command list can be found [here ](https://esmbot.net/help.html ).
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If you want to self-host the bot, a guide can be found [here ](https://docs.esmbot.net/setup ).
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## Credits
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Icon by [Steel ](https://twitter.com/MintBurrow ).
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All images, sounds, and fonts are copyright of their respective owners.
